October 02, 2012

Creative Juices

I have an abundance of creative juices these days. I almost can't contain myself for all the ideas to create I have in my mind.

Sometimes these ideas come out in fits and bursts - right out of my sewing machine onto these hand dyed index (actually recipe index) cards. You know the kind - like the ones below - but I am making more, again because I cannot stop, and I will make these available for you in my shop. These were some I made in the past:

Sometimes the ideas come out through my sketchbook like these where I seem to be trying to develop my own version of this style. One of my regular readers asked me why I don't do an online class yet on these characters - well the answer is because these are totally inspired by Junelle Jacobsen and still have that Junelle feel until I develop them into my own. That comes eventually, in time, but I still like to share them here with you.

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Other times, as ideas simmer, I go back to my trusty random doodling. I say trusty because I can doodle without really focusing on what I am doing unlike when I am sketching a face or some of the characters above. For those I really have to concetrate and think about what I want the outcome to be. When I doodle the kind of pieces below however I do them entirely without thinking, I really just allow the colors and shapes to choose themselves and so I find this kind of work really relaxing, and peaceful and calming.

Other ideas that are stewing are more ideas for my spiral bound journals - I love these and I know those of you who found them in my etsy shop also loved them. I want to make more, more, more. I want to have an endless supply of these to use, to giveaway and to stock as a staple in my shop.

So all of this has been a bit of a brain dump for me and thank god you are there to share it with. Who else would understand?Thanks for listening

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Creative Juices

I have an abundance of creative juices these days. I almost can't contain myself for all the ideas to create I have in my mind.

Sometimes these ideas come out in fits and bursts - right out of my sewing machine onto these hand dyed index (actually recipe index) cards. You know the kind - like the ones below - but I am making more, again because I cannot stop, and I will make these available for you in my shop. These were some I made in the past:

Sometimes the ideas come out through my sketchbook like these where I seem to be trying to develop my own version of this style. One of my regular readers asked me why I don't do an online class yet on these characters - well the answer is because these are totally inspired by Junelle Jacobsen and still have that Junelle feel until I develop them into my own. That comes eventually, in time, but I still like to share them here with you.

﻿

Other times, as ideas simmer, I go back to my trusty random doodling. I say trusty because I can doodle without really focusing on what I am doing unlike when I am sketching a face or some of the characters above. For those I really have to concetrate and think about what I want the outcome to be. When I doodle the kind of pieces below however I do them entirely without thinking, I really just allow the colors and shapes to choose themselves and so I find this kind of work really relaxing, and peaceful and calming.

Other ideas that are stewing are more ideas for my spiral bound journals - I love these and I know those of you who found them in my etsy shop also loved them. I want to make more, more, more. I want to have an endless supply of these to use, to giveaway and to stock as a staple in my shop.

So all of this has been a bit of a brain dump for me and thank god you are there to share it with. Who else would understand?Thanks for listening

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